Half of thin-wall bearing for motor car big-end

Made:
1959 in Wembley

Half of thin-wall bearing for motor car big-end showing its construction from a babbitt metal (copper-lead) and one complete half of the bearing.

Details

Category:
Mechanical Power Transmission
Object Number:
1959-62
Materials:
copper and lead
Measurements:
1.378 x 2.7559 x 1.378 in.; 35 x 70 x 35 mm
type:
metal bearing
credit:
Glacier Metal Co.

Parts

Thin-wall bearing for motor car big-end

Thin-wall bearing for motor car big-end

Half of thin-wall bearing for motor car big-end showing its construction from a babbitt metal (copper-lead)

Object Number:
1959-62/1
type:
babbitt metal
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Thin-wall bearing for motor car big-end

Thin-wall bearing for motor car big-end

Complete half of the bearing for motor car big-end

Object Number:
1959-62/2
type:
babbitt metal
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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